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Toy story: pleasure and discomfort in the sex emporium

Greg Bruce takes a tour of New Zealand's biggest sex shop and discovers a whole new world.

Dancing in the dark - behind the scenes at a strip club

What working in a strip club taught one writer about humanity.

When is murder not murder? How an unjust law enabled killers of gay men to escape murder convictions

A defence that allowed criminals to get away with murder is in the spotlight again.

Eli Matthewson on breaking up with God

Comedian Eli Matthewson gets serious about being a queer teen at church.

Hollywood star's warning - don't get too nostalgic for the past

Clint Eastwood on cautionary tales for our time.

Peaky Blinders producer dreams up new monster (s)mash hit

Peaky Blinders producers' new star-studded, genre mash-up of a show promises to be big.

I was a sex worker: the real story

A sex worker reveals the realities of clients, consent and consequences

Book reviews: Crime fiction round up

Greg Fleming on the latest in crime fiction - including Steph Cha and John Grisham.

Simon Wilson: Time for a new national anthem?

Change the national anthem? Simon Wilson has a few suggestions.

The brief but high quality summer holiday

Steve Braunias had a holiday. For five hours.

An end to Transtasman rivalry? Theatre shows new way NZ and Australia may be moving closer

World's first Māori - Aboriginal rom-com signals new moves for local theatre.

Putting her best foot forward - Lisa Reihana unveils giant art work and gets set for more international success

Visual spectacle awaits Aotea Centre visitors as one of NZ's largest art works opens.

Waitangi Day: the what, when and the why guide you need to read

Stacey and Scotty Morrison, with a cheat's guide to Waitangi Day.

Other people's holidays - what's it like to grow up in a motor camp?

Behind the scenes of other people's holidays.

Restaurant review: Go the whole hog at Grey Lynn's Smokin Cole BBQ

Slow-cooked BBQ comfort for the day after the night before.

Always inquisitive - from university to hanging with Grace Jones and performing at Glastonbury, the kiwi musician who's making some noise

The charmed life of the NZ blue witch-hop who's getting ready to make a colourful racket.